Mississippi College

Clinton, MS (Hinds County; Jackson metropolitan area) — Private Baptist university, est. 1826; home of the Choctaws; the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi, chartered before the state itself; affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention; strong law school (Mississippi College School of Law), business, and nursing programs; located in Clinton, a suburb of Jackson in Hinds County; one of the most historically significant private universities in the South, with nearly two centuries of continuous operation and a tradition of producing Mississippi's civic, legal, and business leaders